. >> eliot: and at the white house, president obama condemned the attacks. >> obama: there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. none. and make no mistake, we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> eliot: but unfortunately and predictably there was a political dimension to this as well with protest against the film tuesday morning. a foreign service officer in the embassy tried to calm the situation with a tweet condemnic the ain't muslim film and i read in part. respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of american democracy. we firmly reject the actions by those who abuse universal right of free speech to putter religious beliefs of others. the embassy later confirmed that statement. a few problems with that response. the tweet was not a first response to the attacks. it preceded the attacks and it was an effort to head off the protest. it did not come from the administration but a lower level foreign service officer. it did not thinkize with the attacks, but nonetheless the state department and